THE SECOND DAY. Mowbrav Racecourse. Thursday. Splendid weather favored the second day's racing under the auspices of the Tasmanian Turf Club to-day, and conse quently there was again a large attend ance. The racing was capital, and speculation was brisk. The following are the results of the various events : — Tamar Hurdle. — Jenico 1, Jena 3, Tee pookana 3. reoru&amp;ry Handicap. — rassirem. 1, .ex change 2, Chorister 3. The winner paid a dividend of £9 5s inside, and j£6 7s outside. T.T.C. Handicap.— Timbrel 1, Eeau Brummel 2, Chokebore 3. Won by a length, with half a head between . second and third. Time, 2min. 13secs. All-Aged Handicap.— Alborak 1, Bapid 2, Trendle3. Two-Year-Old Handicap.— The £irdar 1, Larissa 2, Alberton 3. Steeplechase. — Britomarte 1, Fireweed 2, Blackthorn 3. Won after a magnifi cent race by a nose. Seven started. Barrington and Erebus fell and Cypress and Alveston ran off the course. Time, 5min 39secs.

The Gatton Tragedy. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ARREST OF ANOTHER SUSPECT. Brisbane, Wednesday. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; An important development has taken &amp;nbsp; place in connection with the Gatton &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; tragedy. A man giving the name &amp;nbsp; of Bourke has been arrested on a trivial charge of theft. The prisoner answers the description of a man named Burns, who is wanted by the police on suspicion of connection with the murders. &amp;nbsp; It is alleged that Burke, talking of the &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; tragedy, said he was near the scene on &amp;nbsp; Boxing night, when the murders were &amp;nbsp; committed.

,THE. BUBONIC PLAGUE. SEVENTY ;DOCTORS SUCCUMB. London,' February 10. The bubonio plague, which has been raging in Samarkand, a town in Russia with a population _of 36,000, has caused fearful mortality there. Seventy doctors have died from tho diseaso, caught in the course of then- medical duties. ' -

Sport and Pastime. ? - ?. ' — ; — . * — GENERAL NOTES. ; ' F. C. W Lane has established a world's; record, by swimming 300yds in 8min 46 3-5secaat the Domain Baths, Sydney. The Victoria Racing Club general entries shqw a falling off from last year. George Giffen scored 3,942 runs and took 424 wickets during three tours in_ England. : ' ''.' ' ''-'' ' '''./**.['? Cricket is practically a dead letter 'ai Devonport this season. Proceedings opened with hardly enough enthusiasm, and a gradual fading away has followed. There's time enough yet fora good match or two. '..'.' The Devonport club, by the wav, had another disappointment on Saturday, Latrobe postponing then: engagement. Prominent Bpo'rts aver that when the football season arrives — and it is not so very far off — there will be a- general^ .re- suscitation in the winter pastime. '. . C kv:; The world's record for a mile is now^ held by tho American colored cyclist Major Taylor, who finished, behind pace, in lmin 81 4-5secs. ' ? ....

West Devon Election. — Nomiations for the West Devon election were fixed to be received at TJlverstone by the Eeturning Officer (Mr H. G. Brown) up till 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. At the appointed timo only one had been received, that of Sir Edward Braddon. The latter was de clared duly re-elected by the Returning Officer at the Court House. Three cheers were given for Sir Edward Braddon and three for theBeturning Officer. In this issue Sir Edward returns thanks for the confidence Bhown by the electors in re electing him unopposed. Devonport Baptist Church. — Mr J. H. Stevens, ' Australasia's Singing Pilgrim,' commenced a mission in the Devonport West Baptist Church yesterday, attracting large audiences, especially in the evening, when the building was crowded, many being turned away. The mission will be continued each evening this week until Monday next. At the conclusion of the morning service yesterday, Pastor J. E. Walton, in a few fitting words, presented Mrs Marshall, on...

CONSTITUTIONAL CRITICS. - A oood deal of flutter and fuss was created last week by some wiseacres who professed to have discovered csrtain technical flaw3 'in- legislation which threatened to render the two by-elections null and void. It was contended that inasmuch as tLe amended Electoral Act provides only for 37 members of the House of Assembly whilst the Constitu tional Act, also amended, provides for 38, the contradiction was sufficient to invali date the elections about to be held. The Constitution Act is undoubtedly the key to the Electoral Act, which is designed only to give effect to its pro visions, Upon tliis point all reliable authorities are agreed, but it would have been wise for the critics to have paused long enough to niaku certain enquiries before stating any very dictatorial' opinion. The amended Electoral Act has received the Roygl assent, but the principal Act has not, and consequently the machinery by which the Hobart and West Devon elections were to be conducte...

DEFENDING THE SLANDERED. Haying in remembrance the events of the past few months, when our local conr temporary, then in the full enjoyment of autocratic censorship of political matters in this particular portion of the island, so repeatedly twisted the affairs of that time to suit its own convenience, it is not a matter for much surprise — -though certainly for very great regret— that even now the public are treated to acon tortion of the facts as they actually exist. Those who took an interest in the recent court case, W. Innes versus Captain W. Ilolyman, must have been struck with the trivial nature of the alleged offence^ — a fact which was fully borne out, by the verdict of the presiding justices. Yet by a peculiar process . of journalistic imagining on the part of a certain writer who has repeatedly pro claimed his desire to see public life purified, the facts of the case decided last week in the Devonport Police Court have been magnified and distorted to a degree. We have no ...

THE Published every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Jforning. FAIil AND IMPABTIAL. «, jrOXDAT, FEBRUARY 13, 1893. ' ? TEinnmisTE rial policy. As liaicl beeii! confidently anticipated, Sir Edward Bradtlon was on Saturday last returned unoppbSfd as_ the member for West Devon iii thVHouse of Assembly. After the issue of the writ we expressed the opinion that -the least compliment the 'Premier's constitnents\ould pay him would be to return him without 'opposi- tion, and the electors are apparently of cue suiuc ueuui.^ .iv e livurbity uuiigiutu late them, 'and also the Colony gener ally, on theVre-election/ of the Premier and 'Treasurer. '{ ' The 'election! has afforded Sir Edward Braddon'an opportunity to reiterate ami emphasise the'policy of his Cabinet — the policy which has raised Tasmania from the slough into which, it had fallen and brought it to' its rightful ;place in the front rank' of ''Britain's colonies. ' The right hon. gentleman is a , practical statesman whodisregards, that ...

For tin; Fimiiers; THE SEASON IN VICTOBIA'.1' The Victorian cereal harvest is now'- practically concluded (we learri frohT^ai urday's ' Australasian '), and'thfe' results-'1' revealed'by the threshing niachines''fnlly confirm the impression thnt Vory satisfae-'' tory returns have, been obtnined in all parts of the colony' with the exception of the far north-west. TIadit not been for thc;very low yields harvested in the Hal- . ivc tuorn-i^ia. nun mtuuuill^ uvvr liu ?nrvtt of betweon 500,000 and 600,000 acres, the return per acre, us well (is the gross quan- / tity of -wheat, would probably have.bfieuL', the record for the colony. It is most un-'-^ fortunate that the pi ico of wheat should'- be so low. It is now worth aboutl2s .(id 7, per bushel at the port of sbipuiont; but '! the Malice farmer has.to pay from 6d J6 ' 7d per bushel in railway freight, 'which ''- leaves 2s or less per bushel as the net i€- ... turn on the farm. The'dairyifagih^us{ryl;7 is proving yery successful' this...

riNKEYL IN HORSES: l'inkevo in horses, which has recently appeared in the Austiahnn colonies, lias ' been known under one name and'ano'ther ' fiom very remote times, nnd' is at perid31;1 cal occurrence in Europcnli countiios.' . It is'inrcohtv an influenza hi all' epizootic character, and has been gcneiallj attri butcd.tb atmospheric intluencts, but tilcto isrio%erj good ground for believirig this assertion. Tho disease comes and goes mjstcnousl), just as afflictions df the KniYin o.lmfnr»tnr nppnnn tlin ln-mirtn fnrm_ There is, ' however, no mariner ' of doubt that cold, wet, disagreeable 'weather: aggravates the disease, if it docs not in duce it. PinLcjc is the coiiurion Ameri can name of the di eve, for the reason, probablv , that e- es of the animals suffer nig from the complaint assume a dull, pinkish hue, with mis,scs of v ellotf matter in the coiners In addition, there ib rnostlv a watery, oi yellow, dibchafgu' from both nose and eve-,, with (i ^evero cough, quick pulse, and...

Local Industries. .WOOD'S SLIP AND SAW MILL. * With tlm Biiiu ami stt-ady progress ol the North Western districts of late years, it is gratifying to note that our enter prisins men of business have ever striven to keep well abreast of the . times. Mr H. Wood, proprietor of the Devonport slip and (Sawmill, is certainly no exception in this direction. Some twelve years at;o, thii gentleman, deeming a slip for the pur poses of shipbuilding a necessary adjunct to the port of the Mersey, selected a suit ably 'site, a short distance up the river, and launched upon a venture which, as time has- proved, was destined to be a rather ' extensive industry. When the slip and its appurtenances were in readiness, Mr Wood commenced by building the steam : yachts Ella and Egeria, to the order of Mr John Williams, of Launceston, the vessels named being counted among the crack yachts of the day. Shortly after wards,' an arder came along from the '/I Mersey Marine Board for the construction of two 250-...